Marriage, Celibacy, and Heresy in Ancient Christianity - David G. (Cottrill-Rolfes Professor of Catholic Studies at the University of Kentucky Hunter - Bog

The first major study in English of the Jovinianist controversy. David G. Hunter examines early Christian views on marriage and celibacy and the development of an anti-heretical tradition. Hunter sheds new light on the origins of Christian asceticism, and the formation of 'orthodoxy' and 'heresy' in early Christianity.